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So you guys were down by the Airport. The lake is looking considerable less "liquid" than when were there in August! Our friend has the small airline compound right behind the airport terminal parking and we have left our vehicle there a couple of times. Sure fun to walk around all those old...

Here is a slant on the problem from a different perspective. As much as I like propane, maybe you could cut down the amount of moving parts, number of single purpose componets of perhaps dubious pedigree, water lines/containers (potentially with anti-freeze), propane tanks, etc. by going a...

Well, this is just in... https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/igloo-recalls-over-1-million-coolers-amputations-1.7458456 Damaged and amputated fingers from a cooler is (are?) not a laughing matter and should be taken seriously. However, the availablity of ice from said coolers immediate to the...

Boy, I'm no pump expert but I think the simple immersion types of fairly low pressure pumps that sit in water or gasoline have no check valve but instead, rely on the fact they are immersed in liquid to prevents back flow from the line. Of course, the pressure to move the liquid up is created...

The immersion pumps are basically a lift pump. You would have no issue lifting water from an underfloor tank to your sink(or container) in the living compartment. The beauty is that the low pressure water line (Nalgene brand in my case) stays charged after initial use but once you lift the...

Eric What a day in BC's West Kootenays, looking east over Kootenay Lake and the peak is Mt. Loki.

In my last camper build, I wanted to keep the water system very simple, lightweight and completely plug and play so as to do away with both the usual winterizing and as well, all of the fixed water lines. I used a marine Whale Brand High pressure immersion pump and two identical 5 USgal plastic...

Couple of hours ago...

The portable generator is a great suggestion. For 30 lbs and 1000 watts of AC you can run your; block heater or a battery blanket or your battery charger or a 750 watt ceramic AC heater or if you are a hipster hunter :) , your coffee grinder..... Also, IMO, reliable cold weather...

Couple of shots from our paddling trip last summer around GSLake in the NWT. The pre-cambrian granite is just stunning!

For me, it is almost always the 2.5 inch hitch receiver that drags and of course it is more acute if the ball mount is still attached. These factory receivers are pretty skoocum and I never get the sense that I am bending or breaking anything but I do make some pretty impressive furrows when...

My camper has been very good so far with LPG consumption. I think the wall/roof envelopes are usually well engineered and built with most of the composite shells available out there, giving good thermal performance. Of course, once a number of holes are cut into the the walls and roof, that...

Here are a couple of pics I took a week or so ago of the sign leading into the lovely small "north Island" village of Woss, also known as British Columbia's most carefully pronounced Logging town... If you happen to be there and meeting some of the huge locals in Woss who are packing a powersaw...

I know that many of us here on Expo who live in the sticks are totally used to seeing logging trucks plying the highways with loads on the way to a local mill. For me, it is almost a daily occurrence but one forgets just how big these off road monsters are in real life. On this recent trip, we...

North Vancouver Island a few days ago Subtle.... Not so subtle....

Wilbo I picked CPT because they are only five hours down the road from me, they have a proven industrial manufacturing background and they manufacture their panels and completed shells all in house. When I ordered my shell, they were just starting into the camper end of production so with CAD...

Dave thanks for taking the time to post this which is very helpful for electrical luddites like me. This kind of stuff here on EP is really gold...

We built out a custom slide in camper shell last winter, our first new, "non-reno" build so in essence we had a clean sheet of paper to start with. It was delicious but also a bit daunting in a way as all of the design decisions we made up front, we would have to live with for a long time...

Willard27 Thanks for the compliment. As far as your CPT build, I would suggest spending a few extra bucks and get a roof........ The key to the build is taking your time and enjoying the learning curve (in my case, it is always a cliff!) In his great book "Build your own Overland Camper"...

Simple I hate to miss answering a query and I did miss this one, sorry. A bit late replying but good point on redundancy. I did consider the system that you suggested, as well as all the other options out there with inbox tiedowns but I felt if the components were skookum enough with the...